Cicuta
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A genus of umbelliferous plants, containing four or five species, one European and three or four American.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.
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noun.
Hemlock
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noun.
small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock
Word Usage
"The cicuta is a frequent plant on this river; we found the fox grape this afternoon nearly ripe."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
rosid dicot genus